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Illusionist - Lyrics + Translation

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Kanji:

【Sy】 地球中を回って見てどうだい？

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 出来てる？

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 たくさんLOVEをありがと

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 きゅんです

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 Tokimeki と Doki×2を丸ごとにペロリ

【All】 でもでもね　何かこう　ちょっとだけ　まだまださ

遊び足りなくない？

【All】 だからアン・コール・タイム

【Na】 みんなはしゃごう

【All】 コ・コ・に

【Sy】 いるみんなが

【All】ぜ・ん・いん

【Ce】 主人公の

【All】 イリュージョニストさ

【All】 空にワン・ツー・スリー

【Na】 魔法をかけて

【All】 イッ・セー・ノ

【Sy】 願う言葉

【All】 た・び・に

【Ce】 また出かけよう

【Ce】 とびっきりの

【Ce・Sy】 夢を見よう

【All】 一緒にゴーゴゴー！ツアーズしよーよ

Thank you!

【Sy】 地球外なんて想像ももうすぐ

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 リアルさ

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 月からのライブ中継も今から

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 Waku×2

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 現実はどの時代も夢の先にある

【All】 だからほら描こうよ

軌跡から奇蹟にジャンプ！手と手を重ねて

【All】 レッツ　ドリー・ミング・タイム

【Na】 みんな笑顔に

【All】 い・ち・ばん

【Sy】 「幸せ」へと

【All】 ぜ・ん・いん

【Ce】 叶えてこそ

【All】 イリュージョニストさ

【All】 共にワン・ツー・スリー

【Na】 時を数えて

【All】 ラ・ヴ・を

【Sy】 歌いながら

【All】 あ・す・に

【Ce】 希望持って

【Ce】 世界一の

【Ce・Sy】 夢をあげる

【All】 一緒にゴーゴゴー！未来の果てまで

With you!

【All】 だからアン・コール・タイム

【Na】 みんなはしゃごう

【All】 コ・コ・に

【Sy】 いるみんなが

【All】 ぜ・ん・いん

【Ce】 主人公の

【All】 イリュージョニストさ

【All】 空にワン・ツー・スリー

【Na】 魔法をかけて

【All】 イッ・セー・ノ

【Sy】 願う言葉

【All】 た・び・に

【Ce】 また出かけよう

【Ce】 ねぇ最初っから

【Ce・Sy】 繰り返しちゃう？

【All】 何度だって　ツアーズしよーよ

Thank you!

With you!

Love you!!

Rōmaji:

【Sy】 Chikyū chū o mawatte mite dōdai?

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 Dekiteru?

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 Takusan LOVE o arigato

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 Kyun desu

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 Tokimeki to Doki×2 o marugoto ni perori

【All】 Demo demo ne nani kakō, chotto dake, madamada sa

Asobi tarinakunai?

【All】 Dakara an-kōru-taimu

【Na】 Min'na hashagō

【All】 Ko-ko-ni

【Sy】 Iru min'na ga

【All】 Ze-n-in

【Ce】 Shujinkō no

【All】 Iryūjonisuto sa

【All】 Sora ni wan-tsū-surī

【Na】 Mahō o kakete

【All】 I-ssē-no

【Sy】 Negau kotoba

【All】 Ta-bi-ni

【Ce】 Mata dekakeyō

【Ce】 Tobikkiri no

【Ce・Sy】 Yume o miyō

【All】 Issho ni gōgogō! Tsuāzu shiyō yo 

Thank you!

【Sy】 Chikyūgai nante sōzō mo mōsugu

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 Riaru sa

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 Tsuki kara no raibu chūkei mo ima kara

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 Wakux2

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 Genjitsu wa dono jidai mo yume no saki ni aru

【All】 Dakara hora egakō yo

Kiseki kara kiseki ni janpu! Te to te o kasanete

【All】 Rettsu dorī-mingu-taimu

【Na】 Min'na egao ni

【All】 Ichiban

【Sy】 “Shiawase'” e to

【All】 Ze-n-in

【Ce】 Kanaete koso

【All】 Iryūjonisuto sa

【All】 Tomoni wan-tsū-surī

【Na】Toki o kazoete

【All】 Ra-vu-o

【Sy】Utainagara

【All】 A-su-ni

【Ce】 Kibō motte

【Ce】 Sekaiichi no

【Ce・Sy】 Yume o ageru

【All】 Issho ni gōgogō! Mirai no hate made

With you!

【All】 Dakara an-kōru-taimu

【Na】 Min'na hashagou

【All】 Ko-ko-ni

【Sy】 Iru min'na ga

【All】 Ze-n-in

【Ce】 Shujinkō no

【All】 Iryūjonisuto sa

【All】 Sora ni wan-tsū-surī

【Na】 Mahō o kakete

【All】 I-ssē-no

【Sy】 Negau kotoba

【All】 Ta-bi-ni

【Ce】 Mata dekakeyō

【Ce】 Nē saisho kara

【Ce・Sy】 Kurikaeshichau?

【All】 Nando datte tsuāzu shiyō yo

Thank you!

With you!

Love you!!

Translation:

【Sy】 How did you like sightseeing around the world?

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 Have you done it?

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 Thanks for all the LOVE

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 My heart skips a beat

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 We’ve quickly eaten up all the exciting and heart-racing moments

【All】 But still, you know, there’s still a little bit of 

Fun to be had, don’t you think?

【All】 So, everyone, round up excitedly for 

【Na】 En-co-re time

【All】 All the people

【Sy】 He-re

【All】 We-are-all 

【Ce】 The lead

【All】 Illusionists, so

【All】 One-two-three

【Na】 Cast a spell in the sky

【All】 Ready-set-go

【Sy】 The magical words are

【All】 Let’s go on a

【Ce】 Jour-ney again

【Ce】 Let’s experience the

【Ce・Sy】 Most extraordinary dream

【All】 Let’s go-go-go together! Let’s do Tours!

Thank you!

【Sy】 Soon even thoughts out of this world 

【Na・Ce】 (Enjoy!)

【Sy】 Will become reality

【Na・Ce】 (Happy!)

【Ce】 We’re broadcasting live from the moon right now

【Na・Sy】 (Enjoy!)

【Ce】 Excitedly

【Na・Sy】 (Happy!)

【Na】 Reality always comes after a dream

【All】 So let’s imagine it

Let’s jump from the path we’ve taken to a miracle! Hand in hand

【All】 Let’s dream-ing-time

【Na】 For everyone to smile

【All】 With-the-greatest

【Sy】 “Happiness”

【All】 We-are-all 

【Ce】 Illusionists

【All】 Who’ll make it come true

【All】 Together, one-two-three

【Na】 Counting the hours

【All】 While singing 

【Sy】 Of-lo-ve

【All】 Carrying hope 

【Ce】 For to-mo-rrow 

【Ce】 I’ll show you the best

【Ce・Sy】 Dream in the whole world

【All】 Let’s go-go-go together! Until the end of the future

With you!

【All】 So, everyone, round up excitedly for 

【Na】 En-co-re time

【All】 All the people

【Sy】 He-re

【All】 We-are-all 

【Ce】 The lead

【All】 Illusionists, so

【All】 One-two-three

【Na】 Cast a spell in the sky

【All】 Ready-set-go

【Sy】 The magical words are

【All】 Let’s go on a

【Ce】 Jour-ney again

【Ce】 Hey, why don’t we start again

【Ce・Sy】 From the beginning? 

【All】 Let’s do Tours as many times as we want!

Thank you!

With you!

Love you!!

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[in-death-we-fall]

Six Feet Down Under

Metal Hammer 112, April 2003

Touring and whoring on the other side of the world, Hammer kept a diary of death with the Murderdolls through their residency at Australia’s Big Day Out festival. Shock horror: Mark Hughes. B-movie hero: Tony Mott.

(drive link)

The Big Day Out. The Australian travelling musical circus that steamrolls its way around Australia and New Zealand every winter with the hottest bands on the planet flying from all over the globe to join down under’s best bands in a mayhem filled fortnight. This year’s line-up, features among others, The Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Jane’s Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, The Hard Ons and deathglam monstrosities, the Murderdolls. So far, the Mid West (sic) based five-piece outfit have been the cream of the festival, appropriately headlining the ‘Essentials’ stage. This is the band’s first time in the Antipodes and quizzical music fans have crowded to see the much-talked about live set. With Sydney copping the biggest crowds of all the legs on the tour, the band are preparing something special. But at 3pm in the afternoon you wouldn’t know it. Most of the band are still in bed from the night before, well, actually… the week before.

The ‘Dolls have been in Sydney for five days before their Big Day Out show and not finding much to do early on in the week they’ve just been getting down to the (sic) rock’n’roll’s most popular pastime: hard drinking. Drummer ‘Big’ Ben ‘The Ghoul’ Graves and bass player Eric Griffin are recovering from last night’s binge. While singer Wednesday and guitarist Joey Jordison are recovering from the night before the night before. Acey Slade, who maintains his sobriety, but still stays out ‘til dawn, has been up since !!am and is the only one ready for the show. With the band on stage at 7:15pm, things need doing. Staggering through their beer can and ‘paraphernalia’-strewn rooms to the showers, they’re down in their van and on the way out to the Big Day Out site just after 4pm.

Situated at the same place that hosted the Sydney 2000 olympics, the festival facilities are first rate and the sell-out crowd of 52,000 festival-goers are making the most of it. The temperature’s pushing a blistering 35°C and being the middle of a drought-ridden summer in Australia, everything’s dry, dusty and cracked. It’s a good 40-minute drive from the city to the festival and the sun’s stinging in through the van windows. Not big fans of the sunlight, the Murderdolls have got their leather jackets up over their heads to avoid even the slightest hint of a tan.

In the cool, air-conditioned shade of backstage I get to sit down with Joey Jordison and singer Wednesday 13 to gind out how the band are doing after their meteoric rise over the past eight months. Joey is straight down the line, measured and professional. “This si the first Big Day Out for all of us. Slipknot have only been down here once but not that (sic) this festival. This is something I’ve really wanted to play – something I’ve wanted to do for a really long time.”

For Wednesday, this is another notch on his rise as an international rock’n’roller. “It’s awesome,” he says. “I’ve always wanted to be out on the front of a rock’n’roll band at a festival like this. After struggling doing my own band for six years I actually quit my job back in April and I’ve been touring every since. I’ve done all the things I ever dreamed about. I’ve been to Europe three times, Japan twice and here we are now in Australia and that has all been pretty much in the last six months! Holy shit we’re doing some things that some bands have never done!”

“We just checked out the videotape from the Auckland show the other day and fuck man, it was awesome!” enthuses Joey. “People are saying we are pulling the most people to that stage out of everyone. Our band has been doing really well especially since we’ve only been going for a short time. We hope that after the BDO we’ll be able to come back and do some real headlining shows down here. We are having fun though, thinking about it, we’ve never had so many days off between shows before, it’s more like the Big Day Off!”

The band wasn’t supposed to be so idle. Most overseas bands on the BDO bill play a bunch of satellite shows in various cities around the country and for a month prior, the Murderdolls had been slated to perform a Sydney show with fellow US rockers The Deftones. But with very little warning, the Murderdolls were dumped from the bill just before the show. What really pissed off Joey and the lads was a lot of the Murderdolls fans had bought tickets on the basis that the band would be playing but in the end had to watch the Deftones supported by ex-At The Drive-In chancers, Sparta.

Without much choice in the matter the Murderdolls issued a statement on their website apologising to their fans and kept trying to fly their flag with some instore appearances at local record stores. One in particular at Utopia Records, was insane. There was such a roar when the band turned up, they looked truly surprised at the number of kids who had showed up, most dressed in black and red outfits.

“Someone told us there was only going to be about 150 kids, which was supposed to be a good turn-out for Utopia records for a new band,” retells Joey. “But when we turned up there (sic) almost 500! We talked to fans and signed everything that they had. We were there for a good three and a half hours. And at the Channel V interview it was pretty much the same story. Hordes of kids that wouldn’t let us get away.”

“That’s the cool thing with our fans,” explains Wednesday. “We’re not a radio band or an MTV band with this created army of little kids which I think is more pure than being the Number One radio band or liking it because someone tells you to like it. I know that our fans are real. It is really cool to see these hordes of kids show up, they are dressed like us, they know everything about us, it is just awesome.”

Thinking further ahead fans will be please to know the band are not going to let up on the groundswell already created by the Murderdolls. “I have to go back and finish recording some Slipknot stuff,” reveals Joey. “Then we (the Murderdolls) are going to do some more touring. There’s usually a three to four month sort of break between recording and when an album comes out so we are going to tour pretty much all the way from the end of May all the way to maybe the beginning of October. Which will be good because there’ll be less sunlight at that time of year,” jokes Wednesday raising his non-existent eyebrows and throwing his arms, heavily tattooed with b-grade horror heroes, into the air.

As the hot afternoon drifts into an only slightly less simmering evening, there’s a small problem with guitarist Acey. He’s got indigestion. This amounts to a small crisis because first aid officials must follow procedure and administer the medicine. This takes two St. John’s Ambulance men on pushbikes in a five minute ride from their base at the side of the main stadium. Very un-rock’n’roll indeed.

With the gig just 45 minutes away, the boys are pacing around their trailer, having their pics taken for Hammer. Acey inside in front of the mirror still applying the last of his make-up, Ghoul is getting powdered up, Wednesday’s still with the photographer, while Joey’s nervously pacing around, in the trailer, out the trailer, back in… Eric meanwhile is ready for the stage and cracks open the obligatory bottle of Jack Daniel’s. As a Murderdolls ritual, they’re applying the slap, the band have to listen to Kiss. “Must. Have. Kiss.” stipulates Joey. “‘All American Man’! We sometimes change that to ‘All American Ghoul’,” chimes in the Ghoul.

Just 10 minutes before showtime and the long lanky frame of Ben Graves is stretched spider-like up against the dressing room wall. “I’ll be in pain afterwards,” he explains. Wednesday has by now finished his solo shots with Hamer’s photographer. The day is hot enough anyway, and under the photographers lights the heat is even more stifling. ‘Jesus, it’s fucking hot!” exclaims the frontman. “But I don’t mind… I’m a naturally dead person in front of a camera” he laughs.

More Kiss blares out from the dressing room, this time ‘Dr Love’! Then the moment comes: ground fucking zero at the Big Day Out! The band clamber into the van and head around the back way to the Essentials stage. The bottle of Jack’s being passed around as they approach the stage the band take a quick peak (sic) to see how the crow’s building up. It’s the biggest yet, taking up most of the grassy area out the back of the main stadium. Joey – who regularly suffers from pre-gig nerves as his pre-stage vomiting on Slipknot’s ‘Disasterpiece (sic)’ DVD proves in all its technicolour glory – is bricking it.

Five minutes before the band are due to hit the powerchords and the guys are milling around in the wings. Ghoul is banging on some warm-up pads and everyone is getting psyched. They’ve left the Kiss CD backstage so they have to hum ‘All American Man’ together. Then they make their way to the stage.

A couple of huge Murderdolls logos adorn the stage and in an eruption of noise and energy, the Dolls take the stage and instantly kick off with ‘Dawn of The Dead’. Jordison in black leather Gestapo hat is jumping around stage left, Acey is wailing away stage right while Eric bangs away on the bass doing his best Nikki Sixx impression, while the Ghoul wrecks the trap kit. Wednesday is the last to take the stage and screaming, “We are the dead, coming for you!” And the crowd goes fucking wild.

The kids down the front, dressed up in full glam-goth regalia, know every word and sing along fervently with the band while among the throng watching from the side of stage are some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry. Members of bands like 28 days, Machine Gun Fellatio, Cog, Jimmy Eat World, Pre-Shrunk, and Sparta all stand wide eyed and mouths agape at the outrageous rock revisionism being unleashed onstage.

By the time the band have launched into ‘I (sic) Was a Teenage Zombie’, ‘Let’s Go To War’ and ‘Slit My Wrists (sic)’, the crows know what they’re in for. Most who have showed up for curiosity (sic) sake are still hanging around, but if anything the crowd is building and everyone looks like they are right into it having fun. The intro to ‘Twist My Sister’ is a kid’s nursery rhyme ‘Old McDonald’ which gets the whole crowd singing along.

Unbelievably, some lunatic in the crowd starts throwing bangers at the stage, but the fireworks only make it as far as the front row of fans before blowing up in their faces. Wednesday tries to get the guy to quit while geeing up the rest of the crowd. “All the people down the front tell the people at the back to ‘Die Die Die… my bride!’ he yells as the band grind into the song…

Today’s set includes two new songs, and we can report that both are killer kitsch rock rippers. The first, set for legendary status is called ‘The Devil Made Me Do It… And I’ll Do It Again’ while the second is the set closer, a crowd sing along gem ‘I Love to Say Fuck’. Wednesday grabs his big black umbrella, emblazoned with the word FUCK, Eric, Acey, and Joey are going crazy, jumping up and down in unison, Ghoul is all arms and legs behind the kit while Wednesday is right down in the crowd’s face urging them to stick their fingers in the air and yell ‘Fuck!’. It looks great to watch. “It isn’t choreographed,” says Wednesday later. “Everything’s pretty much spontaneous. There are some things like we all jump on an ascent in the music or whatever but everything else is stuff that just happens on stage.”

They (sic) crowd are almost passing out from the combination of frenzied activity and the extreme heat, but still manage to scream out for more as the band leave the stage. “A lot of people don’t know that’s what drives a show,” explains Wednesday about his relationship with the audience. “You have to make fans feel part of the event and I think we do it better than anyone else.”

The band then jump back into the van for the two minute trip back to their dressing room behind the main stage. When they get back there the guys are all super hyped up. Excitedly buzzing around their dressing room, drinking beers, telling jokes. Joey is busy analysing the gig, and the BDO circus in general. He and Wednesday have got an interview to do with Australian TV scheduled for 8:45pm. It’s almost 9pm and Joey has another issue: “I want to eat! I must eat before I talk!” he exclaims. The interview is postponed for 20 minutes.

Bass player Eric is hanging around, so I grab him for a quick chat. Of all the Murderdolls, Eric seems the shyest but is probably the one most up for anything, especially if it is party related. He may only be small, (even in his Ace Frehley six-inch platforms he’s still barely average height!) but he’s a true rock’n’roller with a party attitude to match. “‘Machine Gun Fellatio’ that’s a cool fuckin’ name,” he squeaks discussing some of the other bands on the BDO bill. And he does squeak, kinda, like annoying Brit ‘comedian’ Joe Pasquale.

I bring up the fact that esteemed record producer, Nick Launey (Silverchair, INXS) was side of stage watching the show and had an interesting story to tell me about Eric. “I think I know where this is going,” smiles Eric slyly. “I met him about two years ago in LA at a party and we were all fucked up. I got dragged down three flights of stairs by my hair and he reckoned it was the biggest rock’n’roll moment of ‘00 for him. First impressions count, man.”

“It was so rock’n’roll!” Launey informs me later. “It was the launch of Orgy’s album and they had these models dressed as prostitutes lying on a bed and Eric jumps up on the bed with them, which of course you weren’t allowed to do. So the bouncers are dragging him out by his hair, kicking and screaming, down the stairs. His head was literally bouncing down each stair like a cartoon character and all the while he’s just got his middle fingers up on each hand and is yelling out ‘Fuck You!’, ‘Get Fucked!’, ‘Fuck you, mind the hair!’ Somehow he got back into the party and I asked him ‘how’s your head?’ and he just said “Whaddya mean?” - it was just so rock’n’roll!”

Eric has pre-arranged with their tour driver to take him over to the Boiler Room, where the BDO’s electronica acts are playing. He wants to see German electronic innovators Kraftwerk. “One of the bands I was in before the Murderdolls was very digital and computer based,” he reveals. “Kraftwerk don’t do a lot of live shows and I don’t think I’ll ever get the opportunity to see them again. They’re pretty important to the genre and even if I catch just 10 minutes of their set I think it will be worth coming over. A short ride through the back entrance, we arrive at the Boiler Room and manage to get in, via a bit of a labyrinth, through the backdoor and into the main arena just at the side of the stage. The Kraftwerk guys are standing robot-like in front of their computers while the huge dome-like venue is dripping with sweat from the 10.000+ strong punters who have basically been locked in the room all day listening (sic) the dance bands. We get a good vantage point but after about five minutes we’re leaving. “Jeez! That was the most boring piece of crap I’ve seen!” exclaims Eric when he gets back to the dressing room. “But it was worth going because I scored some drugs!”

Acey’s just hanging around backstage with his camera and a little doll from The Nightmare Before Christmas. He has a ritual where he takes a photograph of the doll in front of landmarks all around the world. “I have him in front of the Eiffel Tower for instance,” he says. “The other day I took a pic of him in front of the Sydney Opera House.” And with that he takes a photo of the doll sitting in front of a sign that says ‘Sleazy’. Hmmm. Odd man.

Acey and Eric are loving every minute of the Murderdolls ride. They’re both on their first trip to Australia and according to both of them it is (sic) has been “Cool as hell!” “The Gold Coast was really on,” says Eric. “It’s been kinda mellow since we got to Sydney because we’ve had four or five days off before this show so we’ve just been trying to find out what’s been going on. It’s been building gradually… and we’ve been partying a lot – maybe too much,” he adds sheepishly. Rick the tour manager – who’s passing by – agrees: “Yep, they’ve been very naughty boys – they’ve got to go to bed early tonight with no supper,” he jokes.

“He knows we’re the most dangerous band on the tour,” counters Eric. It’s a fact that seems to deter any other bands partying with the Murderdolls too. “The only band that has even reached out to us are the guys in Jane’s Addiction, in particular, Dava Navarro,” offers Acey. “He actually came out of his way to come over and introduce himself. And pretty much comes up and talks to us everyday he sees us along with the drummer, Steven [Perkins]. Everyone else is just kinda like, ‘What’s Up?’ Maybe it’s because we don’t look like we’re the most approachable band. Then again no-one has done anything to piss us off at all.”

No one may be talking to the Murderdolls but there is talk of the Murderdolls all over BDO. Most centres around their appearance with most Australian musical luminaries agreeing the band are the best dressed at the festival. One member of Aussie band the Resin Dogs even goes as far as to say, “The Murderdolls rock the wardrobe”. Acey is kinda flattered but non-plussed by the comments. “What image?” he exclaims. “This is how we are all day! Obviously we knock it up a notch for the show but this is the real thing. We don’t care if people like us as sexual deviants or not, but one thing’s for sure – they’ll fucking remember us.”

Big Ben Graves strides over to join us at the table. “Did I hear the words sexual deviant?” he announces in his deeply rounded US accent. “I’ve always been like that! Some people have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other – I just two devils. There is NO voice of reason!”

We ask him if he has had any interesting adventures since he’s been in Australia and then instantly regret it…

“Dude, it has been nothing but interesting adventures. For instance last night, he (indicating Eric) he almost screwed a one-armed girl!”

“She had three tits and one arm,” giggles the dimunitive (sic) bassist.

“Yeah. It was weird,” continues the Ghoul, “one of her arms was like a stump and it looked like it had a nipple on it. I must admit I almost fucked her just for the freakiness of it.”

And with that starter for 10, the Ghoul is off. He starts ranting on with these sick freak jokes that crack everyone up and inside a minute you get a window to his personality. “Our drummer is one bona fide sick fuck,” jokes Wednesday of him later. “He stills (sic) freaks us out. I’ll just look at him sometimes and say to myself, ‘holy shit, dude, what planet are you from?’”

“It was weird on the Gold Coast,” says Eric, picking up on the tour adventure thread. “The girls there were the hottest chicks I had ever seen in my life but by the same token I had never got as much shit for the way I look than I have there as well. It was like two opposite poles. At first it was, ‘hey freak, where’s the funeral?’ and the next was, ‘sit down have a drink with us.”

“As far as people looking at you weird, I found Sydney is where I got the stares,” admits the Ghoul. “Sydney sucks! Although we did have some girls staking out our hotel which was pretty funny and I did have an over-zealous fan thrown out of the bar. The guy was just touching me a little more than he should and I didn’t like it,” he says animatedly. “I was like, ‘man, don’t make me waste this perfectly good bottle of Heineken by breaking it over your head. I’ve done it before’. Eric looks at him and says, “yeah he has!” But he was on something. I remember thinking ‘I want whatever he’s on… times ten!”

“I gotta say though, the Sydney crowd today was one of the best crowds we’ve had so far,” offers Acey as he joins the throng. “It was insane. It is good for us this tour, because the kids don’t know what we are all about yet so we have to prove ourselves. By the end of the set they all had their hands in the air.”

By this time Joey and Wednesday have finished their feed and their hastily re-scheduled interview and are looking for some more mischievous fun for themselves. “First of all, I’m going to go back over to the stage we played because there are a lot of kids hanging around over there still wanting to see us,” explains Joey. “Then after that, I’m gonna go directly where ever (sic) the free drinks are at…” Suddenly, Eric’s doubled over in the doorway of the dressing room. It’s been 45 minutes since he visited Kraftwerk in the Boiler Room and the pharmaceuticals are beginning to take effect. We ask if he’s OK. “Yeah man, I just think I’m gonna spew!” he grins. The rest of the band are baiting him ceaselessly.

“C’mon chuck it up man!” they urge and all crack up laughing together.

In the middle of all the commotion Wednesday is taking a piss in the corner of the dressing room. The place is a wreck: there are empty bottles of booze, food scrapes (sic), squashed fruit, hairdryers, make-up, boots, clothes (black and red if (sic) course) and of course a giant mirror. Wednesday is actually pissing into a bottle of Corona. At the same time I am just about to pick up my freshly opened bottle of Corona from the table which is besides (sic) a now suspicious looking bottle. “Yeah I always piss in the empty bottles,” giggles Wednesday. And then I leave ‘em on the table just to piss off anyone who might want to grab some of our rider or whatever. Just be careful just to get bottles from down there in the ice box, he laughs mischievously. Suddenly the oddly warm bottle in my hand seems less than appealing…

As the clock turns 1am the only people left at the stadium are the cleaners, the roadies and the still-partying Murderdolls. Last to leave, the van is parked just outside the dressing room and all I can see through the opened door is the Ghoul chucking around a baguette, now baked hard as a rock over the course of the stifling hot day. “Look at this - it could be used as a weapon to seriously maim you!” he screams bouncing the French loaf off the wall. A post vomit Eric cracks up, as the two hold a mock baguette joust oblivious to the outside world. They eventually make off back to their hotel room in the city, but don’t hang there for too long. The weekend lights of Sydney beckon and they cruise down William street in King’s Cross, to an underground rock venue called Club 77. It’s glam night, just their crowd and they spend the wee hours of the morning hanging out with fans and getting stuck into the sauce with a vengeance. Australia has officially been Murderdolled!

Blood and Glitter

Gavin Braddeley charts the rise of shock rock

Glam is hard evidence that what goes around comes around. Long dismissed as the definitive climax of 70s bad taste, in recent years glam rock has arisen from the grave, albeit with a veil of cobwebs draped over its original dusting of glitter. Originally a violent reaction to the 60s happy fad for all things natural, worthy, meaningful and drab, glam was all about being deliberately artificial, selfish, throwaway and garish.

In the States Alice Cooper was impaling baby dolls and throwing blood bottles around the stage from ‘70 onwards culminating in the vaudeville theatrics of the ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’ album/tour of ‘76.

Back in the UK, the Glam pioneer was lame pop pixie Marc Bolan (sic), photogenic frontman with T-Rex, who caused a sensation when he took to the stage on Top of the Pops in ‘71 with glitter under his eyes, clad in what looked suspiciously like drag. Never one to miss a trick, the lizard-like David Bowie soon jumped from the hippy ship to take on his otherworldly Ziggy Stardust persona.

The older generation may have thought that smearing make-up on your face and covering your clothes in sequins made you look like a ‘pooftah’. Alice Cooper got around this by replacing Glam’s overt ‘fagginess’ with ghoulish melodrama, prompting one critic to observe that Americans were more comfortable with necrophilia than homosexuality. And then came Kiss. Gene Simmons’ monstrous blood vomiting, fire breathing ‘Demon’ persona enslaved an entire generation of US children crossing Glam’s theatricality with heavy metal machismo to create one of the most influential bands in rock music history.

W.A.S.P. and Mötley Crüe supercharged Kiss’s sleaze and violence quotient to spectacular effect in the 80s, and provide the missing link between Glam and the Murderdolls, who happily cite the back-combed bad boys as a large part of their creative DNA. The chief inheritor of the Glam tradition in the last decade, however, is cross-dressing controversialist Marilyn Manson. Bowie may have metaphorically murdered his creation Ziggy Stardust in the summer of ‘74, while Bolan (sic) died more literally in a car accident three years later, but quarter-of-a-century on, Manson used his own dark arts to conjure their spirit on ‘Mechanical Animals’, his own tribute to pop’s most decadent decade.

Dead… and loving it!

The Murderdolls’ five favourite movie death scenes of all time…

The Murderdolls are proof positive that nothing gets some folks’ creative juices flowing quite so freely as a truly delicious cinematic death scene. Joey and Wednesday have a few favourites – both carnage connoisseurs identifying the ‘74 classic power toolfest The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as the gory cream of the crop – a movie currently being remade with a certain Mr. Manson in the soundtrack composer’s chair. (As a curious aside, you never actually see the girl hung on the hook – just a shadow – but such is the film’s sordid impact that most viewers swear you do!)

Joey 1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre “The girl on the hook.”

2. Friday The 13th Part IV “When the knife comes through the bed and impales the chick.”

3. The Exorcist “When the priest is hucked out through the plate glass window.”

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street “Where the girl is getting dragged across the rooftop.”

5. Necromancy “Where a group of devils and monsters take a girl apart.”

Wednesday 1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre “The girl on the hook.”

2. Dawn of the Dead “When the spiked ball comes down and rips the guy’s head apart.”

3. Phantasm “A silver ball hits the guy in the head and sucks out all his brains.”

4. Hellraiser “Where (sic) the end sequence where the guy is being chased by all these hooks. They attach themselves to him and rip him apart.”

5. Nightmare On Elm Street “Where Freddy rips out the guy’s veins and uses them like strings controlling a puppet.”

Schlock n’ Roll

B-movie classics that have influenced shock rockers of now and then…

Some horror movies are best watched not so much with your tongue in your cheek, as thrust firmly through it, films that by accident or design are more about fun than fear. The same could be said of numerous horror loving bands, including the Murderdolls, where an ‘everyday is Halloween’ ethos prevails. Here are a few examples of B movie blood fests which may not have won any Oscars, have been paid tribute to by schlock loving bands over the years…

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957) It is no surprise that the mother-of-all cult movies inspired the mother-of-all cult bands, and when Glenn Danzig created a label to release early Misfits material he dubbed it ‘Plan 9’. Frequently voted the worst movie of all time with its ludicrous script, mind bogglingly bad special effects, cardboard sets, and even more cardboard artistry, Plan 9 From Outer Space is irresistibly entertaining. Directed by the cross-dressing caliph of crap Ed Wood Junior, featuring proto-goth babe Vampira and Bela Lugosi (dying of drug addiction, he was replaced mid production by a stand-in who looks nothing like him).

The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) Featuring horror cinema’s kind of camp Vincent Price as the fiendish Phibes, avenging the death of his wife using maniacal methods borrowed from the biblical plagues, all against wonderful, strangely psychedelic sets. Also possessed of a strange psychedelic sensibility are punk pioneers the Damned, though in the 80s, lead singer Dave Vanian’s horror sensibilities took centre stage, attracting a goth following. The 80 track ‘13th Floor Vendetta’ is a classic example of the band’s game-topping which, if you listen carefully, is all about ol’ Doc Phibes.

Mars Attacks! (1996) Director Tim Burton’s tribute to the drive-in shockers of the 50s and 60s, Mars Attacks! was actually based upon a ‘62 series of bubblegum cards, discontinued because of their gruesomely graphic pictures of earthlings being exterminated by alien invaders. As such this inspiration might suggest Mars Attacks! has little by way of plot, but for anyone with a weakness for vintage schlock sci-fi it’s a true Technicolor treat. This must certainly include the Misfits and when they reformed, they did so without the blessing of founder Glenn Danzig, but with their monster movie obsessions intact – among a multitude of horror movie tributes on their ‘97 comeback album ‘American Psycho’ was ‘Mars Attacks’ (and even an instrumental coincidentally titled ‘Abominable Dr Phibes’!)

I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) The drive-in movies of the 50s and 60s typically featured juvenile delinquents or monsters, and this bargain-basement effort delivered both in one lurid package. Before becoming ‘Pa’ on TV’s Little House on the Prairie Michael Landon stars as a troubled teen – though when he starts growing hair in strange places, it’s more than just hormones to blame. A howl from beginning to end, Teenage inspired a number on ‘Songs the Lord Taught Us’, the ‘80 debut from drive-in movie loving ghoulish rockers The Cramps.

Murder, mayhem and a right old mess

Minging Murderdoll tales from the Big Day Out

Who is the messiest Murderdoll of them all? Wednesday: “That would be Eric and The Ghoul. They are just messy as fuck. But you know you’ve just got to get used to living with these people. We’ve been on the road since July. You live on a bus for six weeks which means you’ve got (sic) live in everyone else’s shit.”

Who is the tidy anal doll? Joey: “No-one. We’re all pretty fuckin’ messy.” Wednesday: “I just took two garbage bags of mess out of my room. And just put it in the hallway. Just full of chicken bones and beer bottles and all sorts of shit like that, it was just smelling really bad so I had to get rid of it.”

So you do that yourself? Wednesday: “I don’t let the cleaning staff come into my room and tidy up. I put the ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign for the whole week I am there.” Joey: “The housekeepers are scared shitless to come into our rooms anyway so we keep it easy for them and put the ‘Do Not Disturb” signs up the whole time. They are going to be so scared to come into our rooms and clean up after we’ve been there for a fuckin’ week!”

#if you want anything else scanned lemme know (there's already a couple other things in the drive folder) #murderdolls #joey jordison #wednesday 13 #ben graves #eric griffin #acey slade #interview #metal hammer 112 apr 03 #i have beef with metal hammer for both continually calling joey a nazi and making the worst goddamn magazine to scan #truly the devil's publication #(​don't worry for my hands. if you'll remember i typed this up from old pixel challenged scans months ago)

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~~~~Intro thingy I guess~~~~

Greetings from @thedum1 (⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠)

I have once again decided to start a new sideblog. I just wanna try tossing my hat into the xMasc!Reader ring. I'll have main fandoms and on occasion fandoms, which will be allowed once in a while.

~Main fandoms are subject to change.~

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Favorite characters will be marked with 💋

Obey Me! Shall We Date? 💕

Lucifer

Mammon

Leviathan 💋

Satan

Asmodeus 💋

Beelzebub

Belphegor

Diavolo

Barbatos

Solomon

Simeon 💋

Luke

Twisted Wonderland

All students and staff*

*Riddle, Epel, Idia, Neige and Rollo are my weaknesses

Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir 💕

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir 💋

Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Caprikid 💋

Marc Anciel/Rooster Bold

Nino Lahiffe/Carapace

Luka Couffaine/Viperion

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

Gabriel Agreste/Hawkmoth

Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura 💋

Mystic Messenger

Yoosung Kim

Zen/Hyun Ryu

Jaehee Kang 💋

Jumin Han

707/Luciel/Saeyoung Choi 💋

Animal Crossing 💕

Apollo 💋

Cherry

Julien 💋

Raymond 💋

Marshall

Tangy

Colton

Whitney

Punchy 💋

Stitches

Muffy 💋

Diana

Zell

Lucky

Ankha

Chrissy

Francine

Judy

Kyle

Fang

Willow

Merengue 💋

Mott

Bud

Kicks 💋

Isabelle

Tom Nook

Death Note

L Lawliet

Light Yagami

Touta Matsuda 💋

Teru Mikami

Misa Amane

Naomi Misora

Kiyomi Takada

Mihael Keehl/Mello 💋

Mail Jeevas/Matt 💋

Nate River/Near

Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour

Trent

Gwen

Cody 💋

Noah 💋

Justin

Lindsay 💋

Sadie

Katie

Sierra

Leshawna 💋

DJ

Beth

Heather

Duncan

Courtney

Alejandro

6teen

Caitlin Cooke

Nikki Wong 💋

Jude Lizowski

Wyatt Williams 💋

Jen Masterson

Jonsey Garcia

Teen Titans (2003 cartoon version)

Robin 💋

Starfire

Raven 💋

Beast Boy

Cyborg

Jinx

Terra

Red-X 💋

Aqualad

Speedy

Bumblebee 💋

The occasional slasher

Michael Myers

Cory Cunningham

Billy Lenz

Brahms Heelshire 💋

Others to be added...maybe.

The general rules:

Fandoms will have their own rules in their own separate posts

He/Him and They/Them pronouns only

I have problems with menstruation so none of that allowed as I HATE thinking of my own

Polyamorous relationships are accepted and loved here but NO cheating 😤

No non-platonic/familial child/teen x adult

No incest of any kind

No angst without a happy ending

VERY EXTREMELY RARE sexual nsft 👀

Piggybacking off the last rule I prefer a Top/Not Penetrated reader

No matchups 😐

No OCs as main character/reader

Piggybacking again I will allow OCs as side characters

You may see mentions of my OCs as I love them

Some characters will be OOC and I have no shame about that 🤷🏾

All fanfics will have swears except for Miraculous

I'm bad at coming up with bad guys/villains so fandoms with baddies will take place during down time/right after a fight

I am slow and easily distracted so things will come out when I remember

My target audience is me first so if I don't like how a thing is turning out it won't be published

Again....this a masculine pronoun only blog. And before I get shit on by children and the feminine pronoun users........Fuck. Off. I'm here for the gays and theys. I've been on the internet for years and there's PLENTY of shit for y'all.

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Interview with Kaz Utsunomiya (2018)

Scans by 亚基拉鱼, translated by 走路帶風的Mia to Chinese and then by me to English.

Kaz Utsunomiya has the closest relationship with Queen in Japan. Having gotten acquainted with the band when he was the London correspondent of Music Life (ML) magazine, he subsequently became close friends with the band and has since maintained contact both publicly and privately. It is his old friend, DJ/music critic Imaizumi "Snoopy" Keihimeko, who is exploring these secrets of Utsunomiya. She dedicated her youth to Queen, and it’s because of this band that she pursued her current career, making her a representative of Queen fans.

Interview and writing: Imaizumi Keihimeko

In 1986, I went to London's Wembley Stadium to watch Queen's final tour - The Magic Tour, after which Mr. Kaz Utsunomiya took me to their private party. The adrenaline from the concert alone made me so excited that I couldn't sleep. As for the party, I couldn't believe that I was going to the unimaginably extravagant world of Queen. Richard Branson's restaurant at Kensington Roof Gardens was reserved for the party, and a slew of well-dressed celebs were already there. I remember the band members coming in late. Next to Freddie was Elton John, who soon began to play the piano, and members of Duran Duran were present as well. Everyone was chatting to each other, but I was staring at Freddie. I was so terrified to be near him. Being a silent wall was the better option.

And Mr. Kaz was still the usual Mr. Kaz, he is able to chat with ease. This state he’s in won’t ever change, no matter if he is drinking at a party, drinking at home, or at an interview. He hasn't changed a bit since the first time I saw him in 1979. This is the secret of his foothold in the overseas music industry, it is a kind of charisma. I hope to become the female version of Kaz one day. I am conducting this interview with my gratitude to my elder Kaz Utsunomiya over the years and the unchanging spirit of a fangirl.

As the man who has the closest ties to Queen in Japan, what does Mr. Kaz think of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody"?

Kaz: No expectations at all at first. It is Dexter Fletcher, whom I already know, who started the project. But there was a falling out due to a quarrel, and another director was found. But in the end, Dexter went back. His wife is a Lithuanian actress, who is also renowned for making folk costumes. When I went to Lithuania, I happened to meet Dexter and he said: "I wanted to do it, but our opinions clashed, so I was fired. The band is very serious about the project. Everyone is also very cooperative. We could have made something good. It’s a pity." He is a very good director, and I also feel that it’s a pity. Dexter still went back in the end. Elton John's "Rocketman" was just in its preparation period. After filming, he went back and finished it. Although it was only a trailer, it was quite a surprise.

Why did Dexter quit his job?

Kaz: It's not that he’s at odds with the band. This movie is mainly about the band's story, but also about Freddie and to portray the character of Freddie. The members of Queen must know their own people. In Dexter’s view of Freddie as an outsider, his goal was to respect history and aim for accuracy, but the band did not want to make a documentary, and this probably caused a disagreement.

I’m once again going to ask, how did Mr. Kaz and Queen meet?

Kaz: We were not friends at first. I only learned later that we went to the same university. We first met at ML interviews. They were very kind to me at the time, and Roger and I would meet frequently after that.

What was your impression of their debut?

Kaz: Although I generally believe that Queen is a band championed by Japanese fans, in fact, they had already gained considerable attention before coming to Japan, and also had hits. At that time, their US tour with Mott The Hoople as their opening act was canceled due to Brian's illness, creating a bad first impression. NME and Melody Maker criticized them as outdated glam rock, unlike Deep Purple. Subsequently, as soon as they went to Japan, many fans greeted them at Haneda Airport. They received a warm welcome from everyone and fell in love with Japan, which became their home from home.

They must have been upset by the negative reviews in the UK. I imagine coming to Japan was great progress for them.

Kaz: I think all four people in this band have an excellent sense of balance. All four of them can write songs, and each member’s songwriting corresponds to respective popular trends. All members can sing and write. Everyone has hits. They are very democratic.

Any anecdotes when you accompanied them on their Japanese tour?

Kaz: I first came to Japan as a staff member of Watanabe Music Publishing House, and then took them on on the advice of Jim Beach (manager). For a while, they always went to LEXINGTON QUEEN (a famous disco) in Roppongi, where the band was surrounded by all kinds of artists, and it didn't feel like they were in Japan at all. Gary Numan has a pilot's license, and if Queen is in Japan, he would fly over by himself for a week. JAPAN also came to Japan at the same time, and consequently, LEXINGTON was very lively.

Have the four of them ever had any heated arguments?

Kaz: None on tour. Often in the studio. I forgot which album it was. I went to Ridge Farm’s recording studio. As soon as I entered the restaurant, I heard them arguing loudly. Of course it was about the music. The discussion was sparked by their desire to make good music.

According to Rami (Malek) who played Freddie in the movie, Brian said that Freddie is the mediator in the band. Mr. Kaz, do you agree?

Kaz: Snoopy, you should know. You also interviewed Freddie.

He was shy, and although he was the lead singer, he cared deeply about others. Whenever he came to Japan, he always bought gifts to express his gratitude to people who took care of him, like Mr. Itami (bodyguard). Just as Charlie Watts united the Rolling Stones on principle, so did Freddie. Before the show, the four of them would always gather round in Freddie's suite before setting off. Although he doesn't care to manage trivial and logistical things, he pays attention to things related to spirits and morale.

Has Mr. Kaz ever seen John after his retirement?

Kaz: About twice. When Michael Jackson died, John suddenly messaged me on Facebook: "Are you Kaz?" At first he was very cautious, and said that “if you are the Kaz I know, then you should know my address and phone number” (laughs). When he was sure it was me, he sent me a photo of Michael and Freddie. It was taken during Queen's US tour, when everyone went to the house where Michael lived with his father in Encino. Freddie was in contact with Michael at that time. They showed him "Another One Bites The Dust" and Michael predicted that it would be a hit if it was released. I guess they originally wanted Michael to sing it.

Is John not ever coming back to the music business?

Kaz: It seems that there is no desire to stay on his part anymore. It doesn't mean that he does not have any yearning for or nostalgic attachment to Queen. I think after Freddie passed away, he just decided not to perform anymore. He still lives in his old home, and on Sundays he still seems to go to the nearby news stand to buy The Sunday Times (laughs). He now has less hair and gained a little more weight, but still very healthy. The doctor who delivered my son is also his doctor, and every now and then, I would hear from the doctor that John made some visits.

Is it true that Roger chose the English name for Mr. Kaz's son, Yusei-kun?

Kaz: Yes, it's Rufus. Roger's second son is also called Rufus. It seems to be named after the black musician he likes. The first king of Wales was also called Rufus.

It’s only because of you that I met the band!

Kaz: You've also met Roger's eldest son, Felix. I took him to Radio Nippon just to see the Snoopy show. But I rarely go to the radio station’s broadcast studio.

I appreciate it!

Kaz: The manager also made Snoopy cry, I forgot why. But I think you were nervous. (I remember it clearly! I was careful about the next question.)

Tell me about Freddie, how was Mr. Kaz when Freddie died?

Kaz: I happened to see Jim Beach at the famous MATSUHISA restaurant in Los Angeles at the time, and he told me "Freddie’s going to announce that he has AIDS tomorrow". I thought that was the case. I said that we would meet again very soon. But when I got home, I received a message from Snoopy on the answering machine: "Freddie has passed away". I rushed to call Jim, he was speechless......

I received the news of Montserrat Cabelle’s death today.

Kaz: Really? Today’s a special day. I have a good relationship with Roger and John. We often went out for drinks, but I have never been with Freddie. He said that I'm such a gentle person that he shouldn't take me to Shinjuku II Street or places like that, but he still took me there occasionally. He was such a caring person. When did this happen? It should be the tour after Live Aid. In Munich, he called me to his room. He said: "Kaz, you have a good relationship with Roger and John, so I’m not going to worry about it anymore". From then on, he would call me for a drink at his place every now and then.

What did you all drink? (The fangirl asks)

Kaz: Champagne! Minako Honda also came to the show in Frankfurt, because Brian is her producer. This is Brian's job. Later, when recording in London, Freddie suddenly showed up and came to see the live show, because it was Brian's production. It’s a courtesy visit, he was polite and courteous like that.

Mr. Kaz helped write the lyrics in La Japonaise from the album with Montserrat, right?

Kaz: When he was writing the lyrics, he asked me whether I could go to the studio to come up with some ideas for the Japanese lyrics. I was working at Virgin (Records) at the time, and they soon started working at the SARM studio in Notting Hill next door. In retrospect, Freddie's face had already started to show jaundice. Prior to this, Freddie had just bought a new home in Earl's Court. He wanted to build a Japanese style garden and asked me to help. I quickly called several Japanese restaurants and finally got in touch with a landscaper in Manchester. Freddie wanted to build a carp pond and a gazebo, demolish the walls and bought some stones. The horticulturalist didn't know Freddie at all. Seems like he lived under a rock, but that's good in a way.

Mr. Kaz, what kind of person do you think Brian is?

Kaz: He is a scholarly person, very meticulous. Since the formation of Queen, maybe since he had the sense to, he probably has already started a diary. What did he do on this day in over 20 years ago? One can look for all of it in his diary. Moving into the digital age, he might even have made an electronic version. I think his diary is very good. Brian and Jeff Beck are both perfectionists who hate cutting corners, recklessness and skimping soundchecks. But both of them do things slowly and are too cautious, and it takes them twice as long to just get out of the hotel room.

After Freddie's death, Queen's songs have been covered by all kinds of singers. Which musician do you think performed best, Mr. Kaz?

Kaz: Definitely Adam Lambert. Maybe if Freddie had known Adam, he would like and approve of him very much. Adam also respects Freddie very much when he performs. For example, in certain parts of the performance which simply cannot be without Freddie, recordings of Freddie will be played as a tribute to pay respect. I think Adam is doing the best job.

What do Brian and Roger think. Do they think Queen is still active?

Kaz: At the very least in the form of Queen+, yes. They feel that Queen is to be treated with heart and sincerity in the name of Queen. With so many iconic hits and the ever-selling greatest albums, Bohemian Rhapsody is the most memorable song in the hearts of Brits. From this perspective, it is great to have a suitable lead singer to carry on the legacy of good music. Adam is very impressive, and Queen's two members also respect him very much.

Mr. Kaz, what does Queen mean to you?

Kaz: Without Queen and Clash, I wouldn't be who I am today. To be able to work in the British and American music industry for such a long time, I am extremely grateful to them.

Thank you very much.

Please do not hesitate to correct my translation if you see any discrepancy between this and the original Japanese transcript!

#kaz utsunomiya #interview #four aging queens #queen band #freddie mercury #John deacon #roger taylor #Brian May

[vickiabelson]

Today Live! Can’t wait to sit down with old pal, Steve Conte, who's got one of the greatest rock voices I’ve ever heard (he was Paul Simon's vocal stand-in for years). Steve’s played with just about everyone throughout his career, has a classic Chuck Berry story, for one, and countless other great rock tales. 

Steve’s first road gig was touring with Blood Sweat & Tears in the mid-80s, right around the time I began booking him at The Rock ’N Roll Cafe on Bleecker Street in New York. From there, Steve played with J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, the before-mentioned Chuck Berry, toured with Billy Squier, Willy Deville, Eric Burdon, was a member of reformed New York Dolls and has shared the stage with an innumerable number of his heroes from Sam Moore to Springsteen. Steve’s been writing for, recording, and touring with former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe for the past 10ish years, supporting Guns & Roses, The Foo Fighters, and Motorhead.

Steve's solo debut, The Steve Conte NYC Album, included a tune, OK DJ, which earned him the #2 Coolest Song of the Year, behind Bruce Springsteen, on Little Steven's Underground Garage... members of the Foo Fighters, Alice Cooper, Mott The Hoople, The Wallflowers, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, to name a few, joined Steve on the album. 

Steve’s "covers" album, International Cover-Up, enjoys much airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage. The opening track, "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" was voted #5 Coolest Song Of The Year, behind The Monkees and Ian Hunter, and his Gimme Gimme Rockaway was another Coolest Song of The Week and signaled the solo recognition he’s long deserved. 

Steve’s new single, Fourth Of July, co-written with Andy Partridge of XTC, serves as a preview to his upcoming LP, due in 2024, as a follow-up to his acclaimed solo album, Bronx Cheer, released on Little Steven’s label, Wicked Cool Records in 2021, which featured the single, Recovery Doll, which also enjoyed a week as the Coolest Song In The World, on The Underground Garage. 

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Fourth of July

Steve played regularly at every club I booked, was part of my weekly house jam band, and has done pretty much every project since. So look forward to sitting down with this guy, one of my all-time favorite rockers, catching up, and hearing that voice! And, that guitar!

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Gallery update 8 November 1974, Queen released their third studio album, “𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤“ in their native UK by EMI records.  It was produced by the band and Roy Thomas Baker and launched Queen to mainstream popularity in the UK and throughout the world. It peaked at the #2 spot in the UK and stayed on the charts for 42 weeks!The album was recorded between July and September 1974 at four different studios, there were considerable challenges during the making of Sheer Heart Attack. Mid-way through Queen’s first North American Tour, one that started in April 1974 (as a support band for Mott The Hoople), Brian fell ill with hepatitis.When May recovered, the work continued in the studio before he fell ill again, this time with a duodenal ulcer. Brian’s health meant that all gigs were cancelled following th

eir return from America and before the UK tour in autumn 1974 got underway.  Freddie, Roger and John overcame the issues of Brian’s absence during the recording by leaving spaces in the songs for his solos. When he felt well enough, May returned and completed the tracks, adding his guitar solos and backing vocals.Thirteen songs were written and recorded, with Freddie taking on the lion's share: six were written by him, while four were penned by Brian. John and Roger each wrote one, and Stone Cold Crazy was credited as a four-way composition, though it had started off as a Wreckage song, written by Freddie.For this album, Queen experimented with a variety of musical genres, including music hall, heavy metal, ballads and ragtime. At this point Queen started to move away from the progressive tendencies of their first two releases into a more radio-friendly, song-orientated style, illustrated by ‘Killer Queen’, which was their biggest hit at that point reaching No 2 in the UK.  It was the bands first international hit, peaking at No 12 in the US Billboard Charts, the first of many hits there. Freddie knew how important this album was to be for the band, saying at the time, “The album is very varied, we took it to extreme I suppose, but we are very interested in studio techniques and wanted to use what was available. We learned a lot about technique while we were making the first two albums. Of course, there has been some criticism, and the constructive criticism has been very good for us.” It’s hard to believe now, but misconceptions remained according to Freddie – “We’ve been called a supermarket hype. But if you see us up on a stage, that’s what we’re all about. We are basically a rock band.”  

Freddie also said, “Nobody knew we were going to be told we had two weeks to write “Sheer Heart Attack.”  And we had to — it was only thing we could do.  Brian was in hospital." Sheer Heart Attack proved that Queen was far from just any old rock band. This album took the band to a whole new level, helping to propel them from a support band on a US tour to a headliner.As the album went platinum, it was proof that this was a band that was “even greater than the sum of their considerable parts.”Roger Taylor has said ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ is his favourite album.  The Winnipeg Free Press stated in July of 1975:The more I listen to Sheer Heart Attack, the third album from Queen, the more I realize bow much I under-rated it a few months back when it was first released. Side one in particular is a delight, with Brian May’s multi-tracked guitar, Freddie Mercury’s stunning vocalizing and Roy Thomas Baker’s dynamic production work teaming up in a no-holds barred, full-scale attack on the senses.The album cover was shot by renowned photographer, Mick Rock and was Freddie’s idea.  “God, the agony we went through to have the pictures taken, dear.  Can you imagine trying to convince the others to cover themselves in Vaseline and then have a hose water turned on them?!  Sheer agony!”76Katherine R Davis, Eileen Roether en 74 anderen13 opmerkingen8 keer gedeeldLeukOpmerking plaatsenDelen

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Alejandro Escovedo's Songs, Living and Breathing

From left to right: Mark Henne, Alejandro Escovedo, James Mastro, Scott Danbom

BY JORDAN MAINZER

He's a true master of reinvention. Don't get me wrong: It's the same Alejandro Escovedo. But he's continuing to find out that there are many right ways to tell his stories, especially when it comes to their musical accompaniment. Escovedo hasn't released a new album of original material since 2018's The Crossing, and that's okay. In 2021, he shared a Spanish-language version of the aforementioned album, La Cruzada, an act whose sociopolitical ramifications speak for themselves, in an era of increasing anti-immigration rhetoric and xenophobia that the very album explores. And earlier this year, inspired by his forebears, Escovedo decided to revisit all eras of his discography.

Including tunes from pre-solo career bands Buick MacKane and The True Believers, Echo Dancing (Yep Roc) is 14 re-recordings of older songs. When Escovedo boarded a plane to Italy to record with Don Antonio (with whom he recorded The Crossing) and Nicola Peruch, he thought he was going to improvise a new record from his lyrical and melodic sketches. Upon hearing other bands' interpretations of his songs--namely Calexico's version of "Wave", originally from 2001's A Man Under the Influence--Escovedo thought, "I, too, can do that." The man who sings on Echo Dancing is, yes, older and wiser, having seen friends and family members come and go, continuing to find truth in stories both personal and fictional. But instead of focusing on his own voice, Escovedo obscures himself behind clouds of haze, electronic effects, sparse drum machines, and distorted guitars, the pain in his voice all the more affecting due to how isolated it sounds. On "Thought I'd Let You Know", a clattering song originally from 2016's Burn Something Beautiful, Escovedo stretches the running time a full three minutes, as if to give himself even more time to reflect alongside buzzing stabs of noise. He repeats, "We're not alone / We are all alone," the effective musings of someone struggling to make sense of the world around them.

At the same time, if songs with more traditional instrumentation sound futuristic on their Echo Dancing version, Escovedo pulls familiar sounds out of those that might have sounded dystopian in the past. The Crossing's "MC Overload", for instance, trades the original's chugging, metallic instrumentation and vocoders for bluesy picking, Gianni Perinelli's soprano saxophone, and Escovedo's deadpan baritone. And Antonio adds gospel-inflected organ to "Swallows of San Juan" and "Last to Know", which somehow sounds at home next to drum machines and dulled bass drums.

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When I saw that Escovedo was touring Echo Dancing, I thought, "Which versions of these songs would he play live?" Would we get the new version of "John Conquest" with syncopated synthesizers, or the Buick Mackane punk burner (technically and hilariously titled "John Conquest You've Got Enough Dandruff on Your Collar to Bread a Veal Cutlet")? Would he play fan favorite "Castanets", a self-described Mott the Hoople-style rock and roll song, or "Casta​ñ​uelas", the slow, drippy, half-Spanish language dub version with slightly different lyrics? According to his show last Thursday at FitzGerald's, the answer was, "Sometimes, both, other times, something in between the two, and occasionally, neither." During "Sacramento & Polk", Escovedo's venerable backing band--guitarist James Mastro, keyboardist Scott Danbom, drummer Mark Henne--adopted the upbeat punk drive of the original version from 2006's The Boxing Mirror, behind Escovedo's obscured vocals, which were inspired by Echo Dancing's version. On "Bury Me", a prescient tune when it appeared on Escovedo's 1992 debut Gravity, Mastro played the original's twangy slide guitar, while Danbom extracted the pure funk from the new version. Their performance of "Too Many Tears" combined the built-up dirge of Big Station's original with Escovedo's miles-away delivery of Echo Dancing's. And "Everybody Loves Me" retreated to a soulful, back-to-basics ethos, its blues-funk towering above the original's CCR-indebted strut and new version's wonderfully puzzling industrial country.

If the true testament to a song's lasting impact is how it can emotionally resonate over time, ballad "Sensitive Boys" was the highlight of the set. Introducing it, Escovedo paid tribute to his brother Manuel, who passed away weeks ago at 94 years old. Hearing Escovedo repeat, "The world needs you now," despite what we all knew to be true was heartbreaking, yes, but the band filled the room with an undeniable warmth, from Escovedo's deep belting to Mastro's plucky guitars and Danbom's keyboards, out of which he concocted a whole orchestra worth of sounds. It's sometimes hard to remember just how long Escovedo's been around when I think to myself that he hasn't put out anything "original" in a while. Hearing Echo Dancing and seeing him live reminds me that the sort of newness I look out for, even crave, is still limited by the construct of time. With the right shift in perspective and a couple tweaks, a song can be just as living and breathing as I am.

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Navigating Women's Health Therapeutics: Beyond the Buzzwords

Buckle up, because we’re about to dive into the realm of Women’s Health Therapeutics, minus the clichés and grandiose unveilings. This isn’t your typical market report; it’s more like a candid conversation over coffee about a topic that deserves attention but doesn’t need all the overused empowering jargon.

The Market Banquet: 

Think of the Women’s Health Therapeutics market as a buffet — not an unveiling or empowerment event. In 2021, it clocked in at a modest USD 12.30 billion, with a forecast to grow to a heartier USD 29.30 billion by 2030. No flashy dance numbers here; just a steady 5.52% CAGR, like the slow-cooking of a gourmet dish.

Market Segmentation Insights: 

Now, let’s break down the therapeutic areas, not with dramatic flair but with a pinch of reality. Hormone therapies take the biggest slice — it’s the comfort food of the market, dealing with menopausal symptoms and hormonal hiccups. Reproductive health drugs, however, are the spicy addition, keeping things interesting.

Indications are the real MVPs. Contraception is the popular crowd-pleaser, the Beyoncé of the market, while reproductive disorders are the up-and-coming talent, gaining popularity due to real-world challenges like infertility and delayed pregnancies.

Regional Dynamics: 

Picture the buffet spread across the globe. North America is that high-end restaurant with a solid reputation, while Asia Pacific is the street food vendor with an unexpected twist — embracing digital healthcare and online platforms like a pro.

Market Dynamics: 

Rollercoaster Realities: This market isn’t all glitz and glamour; it’s a rollercoaster. Increasing awareness for women’s health is the exhilarating climb, but regulatory complexities are the safety harness ensuring a smooth ride. No need for grandiose terms here; it’s just the reality of the journey.

The Players: 

Culinary Maestros: Big players like Pfizer, Bayer, and Novartis aren’t superheroes; they’re the culinary maestros navigating the complexities of women’s health issues. No power dances or unveilings, just strategic collaborations and innovations to stay at the top of their game.

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Recent Developments: 

Spicing Things Up: In the ever-evolving world of Women’s Health Therapeutics, it’s not about dancing or empowering — it’s about adding new spices. Kellogg’s splitting into two companies, Mott’s Fruit Flavored Snacks teaming up with Eva Longoria, and Ferrara Candy Company snagging Jelly Belly — it’s a soap opera of mergers, acquisitions, and unexpected twists.

Conclusion: 

A Candid Bite In the grand buffet of Women’s Health Therapeutics, let’s ditch the grandiose words and appreciate it for what it is — a dynamic mix of innovation, regulations, and regional nuances. No need for buzzwords; just a candid, sarcastic tour of a market that’s evolving naturally.

There you have it — a more down-to-earth, less robotic take on the Global Women’s Health Therapeutics Market. No fancy dances, just a sprinkle of humor and a dash of authenticity. Enjoy the read!

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R.w. Meek Sabrine The Dream Collector Book 1 Sabrine & Sigmund Freud #LiteraryFiction #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @cathiedunn

FEATURED AUTHOR: R.w. Meek Welcome R.w. Meek as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held January 8th – 12th, 2024. He is the author of the Literary Historical Fiction, The Dream Collector (Book 1: Sabrine & Sigmund Freud), released by Historium Books on December 19th, 2023 (723 pages). Below are highlights of The Dream Collector (Book 1: Sabrine & Sigmund Freud), R.w. Meek’s author bio, and an excerpt from his book. Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/12/blog-tour-the-dream-collector-by-rw-meek.html HIGHLIGHTS: THE DREAM COLLECTOR   The Dream Collector  (Book 1: Sabrine & Sigmund Freud) By R.w. Meek Blurb: The Dream Collector immerses the reader into the exciting milieu of late 19th Century Paris when art and medicine were in the throes of revolution, art turning to Impressionism, medicine turning to psychology. In 1885, Julie Forette, a self-educated woman from Marseilles, finds employment at the infamous Salpêtrière, hospital and asylum to over five thousand disabled, demented and abandoned women, a walled city ruled by the famed neurologist and arrogant director, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot.  Julie Forette forms a friendship with the young, visiting intern Sigmund Freud who introduces her to the altering-conscious power of cocaine. Together they pursue the hidden potential of hypnotism and dream interpretation. After Freud receives the baffling case of the star hysteric, Sabrine Weiss, he is encouraged by Julie to experiment with different modes of treatment, including “talking sessions.” Their urgent quest is to find a cure for Sabrine, Princess of the Hysterics, before Dr. Charcot resorts to the radical removal of her ovaries.  In Paris, Julie finds a passion for the new art emerging, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and forms friendships with the major artists of the period, including Pissarro, Monet, and Degas. Julie becomes intimately involved with the reclusive Cezanne only to be seduced by the “Peruvian Savage” Paul Gauguin.  Julie is the eponymous ‘Dream Collector’ collecting the one unforgettable, soul-defining dream of the major historical figures of the period. Praise for The Dream Collector: "Meek never fails to stun and impress with his evocation of scenes and events, of sights and dialogue, and of peoples' reactions to them." ~ HFC Reviews "Tribute must be paid to the obvious and clear literary skills of the author R.w. Meek and to his ability to invoke historic personages and the Belle Époque he so evidently adores."~ Julian de la Motte, award-winning author of Senlac Buy Link: Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/4jE52j AUTHOR BIO: R.w. Meek   R.w. Meek has a Master’s degree in Art History from the American University in Washington, D.C., his areas of expertise are Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, with a particular interest in Vincent van Gogh.  He has interned and conducted tours at the National Museum of American and the National Gallery of Art. In 2022 and 2023 five of his chapter excerpts from his soon to be published novel, The Dream Collector, were either finalists or published in various literary journals. The author has also won the Palm Beach Book Festival Competition for “Best Writer in Palm Beach," his manuscript judged by a panel of NYT Best Selling authors. The Dream Collector also received gold and silver medals in the Historical Fiction Company literary contest and earned runner-up for the “Best Historical Fiction Novel’ of 2022. The author was born in Baltimore, adventured in Europe for many years, and recently moved from Delray Beach, Florida to Santa Clarita, California. His wife is a psychologist, sculptress, playwright, and stand-up storyteller. His daughter Nora is a storyboard artist in the animation world and resides in Hollywood, California. His favorite writers are Dostoevsky, John Fowles, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Author Links: Website: https://www.ronmeekauthor.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010220437381 EXCERPT: THE DREAM COLLECTOR     Book 1: Sabrine & Sigmund “Alone with Sabrine” “Do you have a special fear?” Sigmund decided to ask her.             “I have no fears, so it’s my duty to take them away from others.”             She stepped out of his rim of light, skipping away. He could not shake the thought that she was behaving like a mischievous schoolgirl. As best he could, he followed her with the one trembling, tallow candle.             “I want to dance!” she announced loudly.              And so she did, making gentle turns and playful leaps, delighting in being the center of attention. Sigmund had never found the temerity to engage in dancing, but he easily guessed its pleasure as he followed her with the candlelight. Keeping her mask in place, she performed pirouettes and self-assured spins before concluding with a charming bow.               She dropped the mask—Sabrine and no other! The candle’s flame flickered in the green of her eyes. “On special occasions the young doctors allow us to have costumed balls,” she said. “The hypnotized are not supposed to remember them, but we do.”              Pounding at the library door prompted her to quickly whisper: “Shall we meet again to share more secrets?”              The commotion outside grew louder: “Someone has locked it from the inside! Find another key, another key!”               As the door flew open, Sigmund eagerly conceded to her, “We can meet again, Mademoiselle, if you like.”   Instagram Handle: @thecoffeepotbookclub Bluesky Handle: @cathiedunn.bsky.social   Read the full article

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[ad_1] The UK is a small country, packed with history, culture and natural beauty. Explore charming villages, ancient castles, picturesque towns, and beautiful countryside on the best London day trips. London is our hometown and one of the world’s great cities. But it’s also good to get out of it. The sheer variety of day trips from London is extraordinary. Within an hour you can see the oldest occupied castle in the world or two of the greatest university towns. Travel a little further and you are in chocolate box villages or strolling among ancient stone monuments. Enjoy some of the freshest seafood in the UK, or hike along picture-postcard white cliffs. Live the life you should have been born into at Downton Abbey or embrace the magic of Harry Potter. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a bonafide Londoner, our favourite day trips from London have something for everyone. They are all no further than 2 hours and 15 minutes away and you can use public transport or go on a private tour. COMMENTS // We do our best to keep the information in this guide up to date, if you notice anything has changed, please leave a comment below. BOOKINGS // Booking your trip via the links in this guide will earn us a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support – Paul & Mark. CANTERBURY BIBURY, COTSWOLDS 1 – WINDSOR CASTLE Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. It has been the home of British kings and queens for over 1,000 years. Only 30 minutes by train, it’s one of the easiest day trips from London. The highlight is the castle itself. Standing proud on the banks of the river Thames it is an imposing fortress. The castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion of England. It combines a traditional motte-and-bailey style with luxurious staterooms. Inside the grounds, St George’s Chapel is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in England. The chapel has held many royal weddings. It contains the tombs of 11 monarchs. Windsor Great Park surrounds the castle, and it’s one of our favourite walks near London. Eton College – England’s most famous public school – is nearby. WINDSOR CASTLE HIGHLIGHTS The State Apartments inside Windsor Castle. St George’s Chapel, the final resting place of many British monarchs. A stroll in Windsor Great Park. GETTING THERE Windsor is 30 minutes by train from London Paddington Station. TOURS TO WINDSOR Many day trips from London combine Windsor with trips to Oxford, Stonehenge, and/or Bath. We suggest you don’t try to cram too much in, otherwise, you’ll be on the bus all day. WINDSOR CASTLE GREAT WALK WINDSOR 2 – OXFORD The University of Oxford is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Founded in the 12th century, 57 British prime ministers, a couple of US presidents, 12 saints, and Kate Beckinsale were all educated here.  Known as the “city of dreaming spires” it’s a wonderful mix of cobble-stoned laneways and golden architecture. Many of the buildings are truly remarkable. Gothic towers and exquisitely decorated interiors have inspired authors from JRR Tolkien to JK Rowling. Oxford is not all old-school tradition. It has a buzzing atmosphere, excellent pubs and a great cafe scene. You could spend a few days seeing all the best things to do in Oxford, but a day trip is perfect to see the highlights. For a detailed 1-day itinerary with tips about what to book ahead, read our Oxford day trip guide. ASHMOLEAN HIGHLIGHTS The remarkable architecture around the Radcliffe Camera. The Duke Humfrey’s Medieval Library in the Bodleian. Christ Church College – the inspiration for Harry Potter. GETTING THERE Oxford is 45 minutes by train from London Paddington Station or roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes by car. TOURS TO OXFORD Tours to Oxford usually stop at one or two other sights. Choose from Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Cotswolds villages, or Windsor and Stonehenge.

KING’S COLLEGE, OXFORD 3 – CAMBRIDGE Cambridge University was established in 1209 when students left Oxford to escape rioting townspeople. It hasn’t looked back since. Some of Cambridge’s great inventions include IVF, Artificial Intelligence, computer games, and football. Famous alumni include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, and Ali G. Exquisite late-Gothic architecture towers over cobbled streets and immaculate greens. Punters glide along the River Cam surrounded by magnificent colleges. Students negotiate wonky lanes on bikes. It is, quite simply, the most beautiful city in England. For a detailed 1-day itinerary read our Cambridge day trip guide. GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE ST JOHN’S LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS Trinity College, the wealthiest of Cambridge’s College. A punt on the River Cam. Evensong in the remarkable Kings College Chapel. GETTING THERE Cambridge is 50 minutes by train from London Kings Cross Station or roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes by car. TOURS TO CAMBRIDGE You can easily do a day trip from London to Cambridge on the train. But, this day tour is very reasonably priced. KING’S COLLEGE PUNTING ON THE CAM CAMBRIDGE OR OXFORD DAY TRIP? Cambridge and Oxford are both excellent day trips from London. If you have time, it is well worth visiting both. However, if you only have time for one, Cambridge is overall a prettier city with beautiful colleges backing onto the River Cam  Oxford, on the other hand, has more unique buildings. The Duke Humfrey’s Library, the Radcliffe Camera, and the dining hall at Christ Church are all remarkable – especially for Harry Potter fans. 4 – HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOUR Harry Potter fans will not want to miss the Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter.  This self-guided walking tour takes you through the sets, props, and costumes used in the Harry Potter films. You can see the Great Hall, Platform 9 3/4, Professor Sprouts Greenhouse, and other iconic sets. There are 950 potion jars, nearly 900 memory vials, and life-size animatronic versions of Buckbeak and Hippogriff. The studio is in Leavesden, on the northern edge of London. If you’re not taking an organized tour, make sure you book in advance as tickets can sell out, especially in peak season. HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Wandering through Diagon Alley. Exploring the Hogwarts Potions Classroom packed with props. The Forbidden Forest looking for Buckbeak and Aragog. GETTING THERE The Harry Potter studio is 20 minutes by train from London Euston to Watford Junction Train Station. From Watford Junction, it’s another 10 to 15 minutes by bus. The studio runs a shuttle bus from the station that leaves every 30 minutes and costs £3. Alternately, catch the number 9, 10, or 20 bus from Watford Junction station. Driving from central London takes about 1 hour. Parking is free and directly outside the studio tour. HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOURS The easiest way to visit is on this Day Trip to Harry Potter Studios from London Victoria Bus Station. HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOUR 5 – COTSWOLDS The Cotswolds is the quintessential English countryside. Picturesque honey-coloured villages with historic stately homes are surrounded by rolling green hills. Hearty country pubs with a roaring fire are the perfect ends to a great country walk in the Cotswolds. Train connections from London are decidedly poor and the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds are spread about. The best way to visit is to drive yourself or get a tour. We have put together ten different ideas for day trips to the Cotswolds. For first-timers, we would recommend visiting Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Lower Slaughter, and Stow-on-the-Wold. LOWER SLAUGHTER BIBURY HIGHLIGHTS The Weavers cottages on Arlington Row in Bibury. Strolling along the River Eye in picture-perfect Lower Slaughter. The Car Museum and Model Village in Bourton-on-the-Water. GETTING THERE Driving from London to Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Lower Slaughter, and Stow-on-the-Wold and back takes about 4 hours.

TOURS TO THE COTSWOLDS Here are some well-rated tours from London that stop at some of the most interesting villages. One includes a stop at Blenheim Palace the former home of Winston Churchill. 6 – BLENHEIM PALACE Blenheim Palace is one of the greatest stately homes in England. It’s located in Woodstock on the edge of the Cotswolds; a few miles from Oxford. Set in 2000 acres of landscape parklands, it was built between 1705 and 1724 as a national gift to the 1st Duke of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. Its rich baroque architecture and sumptuous interiors are so impressive it’s on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Blenheim Palace is Winston Churchill’s childhood home and it has been used in Harry Potter and The Crown TV series. It’s a great day trip for kids with a Giant Hedge Maze, Butterfly House, and the new Sensory Garden. FORMAL GARDENS, BLENHEIM HIGHLIGHTS The State Rooms and Long Library in Blenheim Palace. The formal gardens including the Water Terraces and Secret Garden. Picnic by the lake in the Capability Brown landscaped gardens. GETTING THERE   Blenheim is 45 minutes by train from Paddington Station to Oxford, then 45 minutes on S7 bus. If you want to drive it’s about 1 hour and 30 minutes by car. TOURS TO BLENHEIM This Blenheim Palace day tour also includes Bourton-on-the-Water and Bampton Village from Downton Abbey fame. BLENHEIM PALACE 7 – BATH Bath is an elegant city blessed with Georgian architecture, Roman remains, and rustic medieval back streets. The towering Bath Abbey is one of the main attractions. But Bath is most known for having the best-preserved Roman bathhouses in the world. Part hipster, part posh, Bath straddles the divide between quirky and glamorous.  Enjoy a thermal spa, shop for designer goods, and stroll lanes bursting with impressive architecture. Bath is another of the UK’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites and it’s one of the best historic day trips from London. For a detailed 1-day itinerary, including what to book in advance, read our Bath day guide. PULTENEY BRIDGE, BATH HIGHLIGHTS The remarkable remains of the Roman Baths. The Georgian residences on the Royal Crescent. Learning about the life and times of Jane Austen. GETTING THERE Bath is 1 hour 20 minutes by train from Paddington Station, or roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes by car. TOURS TO BATH Most day tours to Bath include a stop at Stonehenge, while some also stop at Windsor Castle. Here are some we recommend. ROMAN BATHS ROYAL CRESCENT 8 – STONEHENGE Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world and a British cultural icon. The stone circle consists of an outer ring of sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet high and 7 feet wide, capped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.  Inside is a smaller ring of bluestones and inside that are two larger vertical sarsens topped by one lintel. Standing alone on a barren hill, it is a mesmerising and slightly eerie site. There are two ways to explore Stonehenge: Purchase general admission, download the audio guide, and walk around the stone circle at your leisure. Join the Stone Circle Experience which allows you to go into the Inner Circle. Only 30 people are permitted per session and it can be booked out months in advance. It only takes an hour or two to explore Stonehenge so it’s worth visiting other places on your day trip including Windsor, Oxford, or Bath. If you have your own car, you could visit Old Sarum (an Iron Age fort) and Salisbury, a lovely market town. STONEHENGE HIGHLIGHTS Learning about how Stonehenge was constructed. Walking amongst the Neolithic houses where people lived 4,500 years ago. Standing in the Inner Circle at dawn or dusk. GETTING THERE Stonehenge is 1 hour 30 minutes by train from London Waterloo to Salisbury, then a 12-mile taxi ride. Alternatively, there is an hourly Stonehenge Tour Bus that leaves from Salisbury station.

If you’re driving yourself, it’s around 2 hours by car with plenty of parking on site. STONEHENGE TOURS Many tour companies combine tours to Stonehenge with Windsor, Oxford, or Bath. The first tour on our list includes the Inner Circle experience. STONEHENGE 9 – HENLEY-ON-THAMES Perched on the edge of the River Thames and under the flanks of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Henley is a pretty market town. Henley has held the Royal Regatta – the most prestigious rowing event in the world – since 1839. This annual event, along with the riverside location, fills the town with traditional English culture. Wander the independent shops on the market square. Have a pint in a cosy pub while rowing boats glide down the river. Pick out the Midsomer Murders filming locations. One of our favourite walks near London is the Henley-Hambleden hike. The trail follows the river along to the beautiful village of Hambleden before returning to Henley. It’s a great thing to do on your Henley day trip from London. HIGHLIGHTS Sitting by the River Thames and watching the world go by. The Grade II listed Town Hall where scenes from Midsomer Murders were filmed. A well-earned pint at the Stag & Huntsmen in Hambleden. GETTING THERE Henley-on-Thames is 40 minutes from Paddington Station changing at Twyford. If you are driving, it’s 1 hour by car from central London. HENLEY 10 – DOWNTON ABBEY FILMING LOCATIONS Take a day trip from London to see the two main filming locations for the global TV hit Downton Abbey. Downton Village was largely filmed in the village of Bampton. Wander the streets which have Downton Hospital, the village pub, the post office, Cora Crawley’s house, and the local church. The abbey used in the TV show was Highclere Castle, the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon. Built in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, the castle was converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers in World War I. Much like in the show. It also provided a home for dozens of evacuee children during WWII. See the grand main hall, the library, sitting rooms, and other rooms featured in Downton Abbey. Highclere offers different tours throughout the year and most require booking in advance. If you can’t secure tickets directly, a day tour from London is another way to visit. Tours from London can also be very limited, so try to book well in advance. HIGHCLERE CASTLE HIGHLIGHTS Capturing a photo of Highclere Castle across its landscaped gardens. Learning about life above and below stairs 100 years ago. Pottering around the quaint streets of Bampton. GETTING THERE Visiting Highclere Castle and Bampton is not easy by public transport. If you are driving, it’s around 1 hour 30 minutes by car. DOWNTON ABBEY TOURS Here are a few well-rated tours to the Downton Abbey locations from London. 11 – BRIGHTON Brighton combines the nostalgia of the Victorian seaside town with a youthful vibe. Its pier is packed with amusement arcades, fairground rides, and food stalls. The pebble beach is backed by Victorian and Georgian facades and a quirky former royal residence built in the 19th century. However, underlying these signs of yesteryear is a modern city. Narrow lanes and alleyways hide independent shops and cafes. Bohemian neighbourhoods house record stores, vintage emporiums, and art spaces. NORTH LAINE, BRIGHTON Brighton is also a very inclusive place. There are plenty of vegetarian and vegan restaurants, a feminist bookshop, and numerous gay bars and clubs. Brighton Pride (held in August) is one of the biggest in the country. It’s a fun day trip from London and just 1 hour by train. HIGHLIGHTS Enjoying brunch in The Lanes. Marvelling at the rather strange Royal Pavilion. Playing games on Brighton Palace Pier. GETTING THERE Brighton is 1 hour by train from London Victoria Station or London Bridge Station. It’s around 2 hours by car. BRIGHTON BANDSTAND BRIGHTON PALACE PIER 12 – SEVEN SISTERS

The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk sea cliffs that run between the River Cuckmere near Seaford and Beachy Head near Eastbourne. Rising 200 metres, they are the most dramatic and beautiful white chalk cliffs in the UK.  With a blanket of green grass on top, the glow of the sea below, and the luminance of the cliffs blazing in front, the Seven Sisters are spellbinding. It’s one of the most scenic day trips from London. The best way to see it all is to walk along them. The entire walk is around 18 kilometres, but there are plenty of great photo opportunities in the section around Cuckmere Haven. All the details about the walk are in our Seven Sisters guide. SEVEN SISTERS HIGHLIGHTS The famous red and white Beachy Head lighthouse. Photographing the white cliffs over the cottages at Cuckmere Haven. Descending to Birling Gap to see the cliffs from below. GETTING THERE The train from London Victoria to Seaford Station takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes. If you are driving, it takes around 2.5 hours. More details on getting there are in our Seven Sisters Cliffs guide. SEVEN SISTERS TOUR This full-day Seven Sisters tour by train and minibus includes Long Man of Wilmington, Beachy Head and Seven Sisters Cliffs. It’s a great way to see the highlights without worrying about the logistics. CUCKMERE COTTAGES, SEVEN SISTERS BEACHY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE, SEVEN SISTERS 13 – ARUNDEL Arundel has everything you need for a great day trip – a mighty castle, a charming market town, a pub by the river, and landscaped gardens perfect for gentle strolls. England’s second largest castle, Arundel is a medieval fortress almost 1,000 years old. Tickets can be purchased to explore the castle and/or gardens. Come in April and the castle grounds are bursting with colourful tulips.  The High Street is one of our favourites in the country with independent shops and cafes. There’s a great farmer’s market on the third Saturday of each month. ARUNDEL Head down to the river for a short stroll to a lovely pub, right on the banks. A great way to see it all is to combine the visit to the castle with a half-day hike through its landscaped gardens and then along the river Arun. You can find all the details on our best walks near London guide. HIGHLIGHTS The Farmers Market and coffee from Tarrant Street Espresso. Photographing the castle while walking along the Arun River. A pint at the Black Rabbit overlooking the river. GETTING THERE Arundel is 1 hour 25 minutes by train from London Victoria Station, or 2 hours by car. BLACK RABBIT, ARUNDEL ARUNDEL CASTLE 14 – CANTERBURY Canterbury has been attracting visitors for centuries. St Augustine put it on the map in the 6th century when he made it the first base for Christianity in England. Six centuries later, Thomas Becket’s murder on the orders of King Henry II made it the most important pilgrimage sight in England. Today three UNESCO World Heritage Sites and charming medieval centre make it a wonderful day trip from London. Half-timbered medieval buildings, atmospheric pubs, and pretty gardens make it a beautiful city. Don’t miss the King’s Mile artistic area which is packed with little galleries and independent stores.  For a detailed 1-day itinerary read our Canterbury day trip guide. CROCKED HOUSE, CANTERBURY HIGHLIGHTS The magnificent Canterbury Cathedral. The medieval Old Weaver’s House and Crooked House. A guided punt trip through the old town. GETTING THERE Canterbury is 50 minutes by train from St Pancras Station. TOURS TO CANTERBURY Tours to Canterbury often include the mighty fortress of Dover Castle and sometimes the much more romantic Leeds Castle. CANTERBURY 15 – DOVER CASTLE & WHITE CLIFFS Dover is not the prettiest town in England, but it has two excellent sights that make it worth visiting on a day trip. The first is Dover Castle, England’s largest castle. Founded in the 11th century, it has been described as the “Key to England” due to its defensive significance.

Towering high on a rocky hill above the narrowest part of the English Channel, it’s still a mighty fortress. A maze of secret tunnels used during the Second World War are fascinating to explore. The second sight is the White Cliffs. A good coastal path runs from the castle along the tops of the cliffs. It ends at the National Trust Foreland Lighthouse (1 hour and 30 minutes’ walk from Dover Castle). Go as far as you want and then head back. DOVER CASTLE LEEDS CASTLE HIGHLIGHTS Climbing the stairs of the Great Tower for views over the castle. The immersive exhibition of the Secret Wartime Tunnels. The Underground Hospital deep in the bowels of the castle. GETTING THERE Dover is 1 hour 10 minutes by train from London St Pancras Station or 2 hours 15 minutes by car. TOURS TO DOVER Most tours from London include a stop in Canterbury. Some also stop off at the romantic Leeds Castle. 16 – RYE In medieval times, Rye supplied ships to the Crown in exchange for certain privileges. Those privileges made Rye wealthy and walls, gates, and towers were built to defend the town. As time went by Rye’s harbour steadily silted up and lacked strategic importance. What remains is one of the finest and unspoilt medieval towns in England. Perched on top of a hill, its tiny, cobbled alleyways, enchanting inns, and half-timbered houses are well preserved. The remnants of its fortifications include grand gates and defensive towers.  MERMAID ST, RYE Rye is a charming day trip from London. The centre is so compact that it is easy to stroll around and it’s only five minutes from Rye train station. Read our guide to the best things to do in Rye with tips for what to book ahead and what else to see in the area. HIGHLIGHTS The cobbled alleyway of Mermaid Street. Climbing St Mary’s Church Tower for views over the town. The excellent independent stores on the high street. GETTING THERE Rye is 1 hour 10 minutes by train from St Pancras Station changing at Ashford International, or 2 hours 30 minutes by car. RYE 17 – WHITSTABLE In the Middle Ages, Whitstable served as a port for pilgrims making their way to Canterbury. Today, it’s the best day trip from London for seafood lovers. Relaxed, rustic shacks sell fresh oysters and lobster straight from the water. Michelin-starred restaurants serve Whitstable’s prized seafood in refined settings. Excellent local ales and old-school pubs on pebbly sands complement the overall experience. The high street has independent shops, art galleries, and great cafes. WHITSTABLE Take a boat tour out to see seals or explore the strange remnants of the Maunsell Forts. For more details, read our guide to the best things to do in Whitstable with tips for what to book ahead. HIGHLIGHTS Devouring fresh oysters from The Forge on the harbour wall. The hand-crafted goods at Whitstable’s Market Harbour. A pint at the Old Neptune on the shingle beach. GETTING THERE Whitstable is 1 hour 10 minutes by train from London St Pancras Station, or around 2 hours by car. WHITSTABLE 18 – MARGATE Twenty years ago, Margate was another English seaside town struggling to compete with cheap flights and foreign sun. However, over the last decade, it has been undergoing a regeneration. The small Old Town is now home to cute boutiques, quirky stores, and some good brunch spots. In 2011 the Turner Contemporary art gallery opened on the seafront. Exhibitions rotate every 3 or 4 months, each one having a connection to JMW Turner. MARGATE OLD TOWN The beach has always been an excellent swathe of golden sand and that hasn’t changed. The coastal path linking Margate with Broadstairs is one of our favourite walks near London. It might not compete with Windsor, Oxford, or Cambridge, in terms of historical clout. But, there’s an understated charm to Margate that has a lot of appeal. HIGHLIGHTS Visiting the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery. Brunch and shopping in Margate old town. Walking the coastal path past Botany Bay to Broadstairs.

GETTING THERE Margate is 1 hour and 25 minutes by train from London St Pancras Station, or 2 hours and 20 minutes by car. TURNER GALLERY TURNER GALLERY MARGATE BEACH 19 – YORK York has many strings to its bow. Originally a Roman settlement it transformed into a walled medieval city and then a lively cultural hub. Today it’s a wonderful mix of old and new. Ancient and medieval buildings stand next to smart restaurants and buzzing bars. It has one of the best-preserved medieval shopping streets in Europe and the 2nd largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. There’s a host of museums too. Experience York’s Viking invasion at the Jorvik Centre and the gruesome York Dungeon.  YORK Over 200 miles from London, it could easily be too far for a day trip, but the fast East Coast train line takes only 2 hours. It’s a long day, but a great day. HIGHLIGHTS Ambling along The Shambles pottering into Harry Potter-themed stores. The majestic interior of York Minster. Following the City Wall Walk for great views of the medieval walled city. GETTING THERE York is 2 hours by train from London Kings Cross Station or a tiring 4 hours by car. 20 – PARIS Paris deserves more than a day, but at 2 hours and 15 minutes on the Eurostar, it’s a feasible day trip from London. There are so many things to do in Paris it’s difficult to work out what to fit in. You could pick out one of the days from our 3-day Paris itinerary. Any of them could work well as a 1-day itinerary as each day focuses on a particular area. A good overview of all that is great in Paris is day 1 which includes the Jardin du Palais Royal, the Louvre and the beautiful Sainte Chappelle. After a lovely stroll along the Seine, you’ll visit the Shakespeare Book Company, Notre Dame and finish up in the Le Marais. This is a great way to see the best of Paris. However, you may want to skip the Louvre if you are a big fan of art as you could easily spend the whole day there. Save it for your next trip. Whatever you choose I guarantee you’ll be sleeping on the train on the way home. SAINTE CHAPPELLE HIGHLIGHTS Admiring the breathtaking stained-glass windows at Sainte-Chappelle. Exploring the Louvre, probably the finest museum in the world Discovering the Île de la Cité, home to Notre-Dame Cathedral GETTING THERE Paris is 2 hours 15 minutes from London St. Pancras Station TOUR TO PARIS This Paris day tour visits the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and Notre Dame Cathedral. The package includes a 1-hour boat ride on the Seine River. You will also get a pre-booked table at the Madame Brasserie restaurant on the Eiffel Tower’s first floor. Train tickets from London St Pancras and coach transportation in Paris are provided. MUSÉE D’ORSAY SACRÉ-CŒUR, PARIS MAP | DAY TRIPS FROM LONDON All our day trips are within 2 hours 15 minutes of central London. However, many of them are much closer. This map includes them all.   >> How to use this map / Click on the top left of the map to display the list of locations, then click on the locations to display further information. Click on the top right corner of the map to open a larger version in a new tab or the star to save to your Google Maps.   MORE LONDON GUIDES BRIGHTON THANKS FOR VISITING // WHERE NEXT? A BIG THANK YOU We’ve been providing free travel content on Anywhere We Roam since 2017. If you appreciate what we do, here are some ways you can support us. Thank you! Paul & Mark FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM USE OUR RESOURCES PAGE [ad_2] Source link

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1 and 11 for the guitar asks!!!

Thanks for the ask. 1. how long have you been playing guitar? on and off for about 10 years. Unfortunately, work and some other life chaos has gotten in the way of routinely practicing at various points.

11. what guitarist do you think is underrated? I have a list. **Mick Ronson, I mean 70s Bowie, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Mott the Hopple, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Elton John, and all his solo work. Everyone probably knows his work but has no damned idea who he is. That sucks. **Steve Clark, I know all my rabid Leppard fans here know but so many people in the larger world don't know how great his guitar skill was. **Billy Gibbons, I love ZZ Top and maybe not the most notable but I love his use of harmonics and distortion so much. **Vitto Bratta. I think he is even pretty unknown to people in the glam metal scene and to be honest, until I met and chatted with Mike Tramp I never really appreciated his playing/writing as much as it should have been appreciated. **Seth from Behemoth. He's a great guitarist and even some Behemoth fans forget about him because a lot of times he chooses not to be in the band photos because he is considered more of a sessions/touring guitarist and yet there he is on every album and every tour since the early 2000s. **Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult... just the riff in Godzilla alone. **Jake E Lee- He gets left out because he was with Ozzy between Rhoades and Wylde and everyone just thinks his guitar work belongs to one of them a lot of the time. **And don't even get me started on how many people claim to love Rock and Metal but have no appreciation for Blue guitarists. This is a whole other list and topic for later.

#music asks #underrated guitarists #I could have put so many more on that list

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The History of Groveport, Ohio

The area where Groveport is situated was initially inhabited by various Native American tribes, including the Shawnee and Delaware. European settlers began arriving in the late 18th century, and in 1798, John Rarey built the first cabin in the area. Groveport owes much of its early growth and prosperity to the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canals. The canal, completed in 1831, connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie and brought significant economic opportunities to the region. Groveport became a vital canal port, serving as a hub for trade and transportation. The village of Groveport was officially incorporated in 1847. The name "Groveport" was derived from the village's location near a grove of black walnut trees and its proximity to the canal port.

Motts Military Museum, Inc.

Motts Military Museum, Inc. was established in 1987 by Warren E. Motts, a Vietnam War veteran and military history enthusiast. It features an extensive collection of military artifacts, memorabilia, and vehicles. You can explore exhibits showcasing uniforms, weapons, equipment, photographs, documents, and personal items from various conflicts in American history. The collection includes items from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and more. It has several permanent and rotating exhibits highlighting different aspects of military history. Some impressive displays include the Medal of Honor, Women in the Military, and POW/MIA. The museum also has presentations on specific military branches, such as the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.

Clean Energy Opens New Station in Groveport, OH

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SA vs ENG: "Door Open For Ben Stokes To Come Out Of ODI Retirement"

Matthew Mott, England’s white-ball coach, has stated that the “door is open” for all-rounder Ben Stokes to return from his ODI retirement to participate in the 50-over World Cup, which will be contested in India later this year. Ben Stokes, England’s Test captain, retired from one-day internationals last year to manage his workload. IPL 2023 | New Zealand tour of India 2023 | Dream11 Prediction |…

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